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In the times of the Beit Hamikdash, those defiled by the dead became 13 bamidbar
purified by the ashes of the parah adumah. Why do we continue to read
about this matter every year, on Shabbat Parah, when it does not apply
to us today? The mitzvah of korban Pesach, also, is not relevant today.
We continue to study it because it is capable of fortifying our faith,
affording us the opportunity to feel as though we and our offspring left
Egypt.

There are many mitzvot which, unfortunately, we cannot keep today. Yet
we continue reading about them, because this arouses feelings of yearning
for those bygone days when we had a Beit Hamikdash. In contrast, the
mitzvah of parah adumah is a chok, whose reason is beyond our
comprehension. What is the purpose, then, of reading about it?
Man possesses the power of imagination, which is both beneficial and
detrimental. Fulfilling the injunction “A person is obligated to consider
himself as though he left Egypt” is a positive way of using the